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J Jin Ming Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Jin Ming (November 19, 1980 -) is a child star and actress in mainland China. She played the role of Xiao Wanjun in the TV series "Wanjun" when she was 8 years old. In 1992, she played the role of Xiaocao in the TV series "Green River Grass", which made her famous on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. After that, he entered the School of International Relations of Peking University, and his acting works gradually became less and less. He became an actor in the drama troupe of China Coal Mine Art Troupe. He once served as a judge on Southeast TV's talent show "Superstar". After graduating from Peking University in 2009, he joined a Taiwanese brokerage company and returned to the entertainment industry.

Kim Seol Hyun Kim Seol Hyun Film & TV · Republic of Korea

Kim Seol Hyun (Korean: Seolhyun Kim, Romanized: Kim Seol Hyun, English: Kim Seol-Hyun, January 3, 1995 -), whose stage name is Seol Hyun (Korean: Seolhyun Kim, Romanized: Seol Hyun, English: Seolhyun), is a South Korean female artist who was the chorus, lead dancer, and center of the girl group AOA under FNC Entertainment. The name is often transliterated as Kim Seol-hyun.

Suzuki Airi Suzuki Airi Film & TV · Japan

Suzuki Airi (Japanese: Suzuki Airi/Suzuki Airi, Romanized: Suzuki Airi, April 12, 1994 -) is a Japanese model, singer, host and actor. She is a former member of the girl music group ℃-ute and Buono!, and has become an exclusive model for the fashion magazine "Ray" since 2015. After the group disbanded, she re-debuted as a solo singer. Hosted programs include "classicTV", the title program "Oishi Masayoshi×Suzuki Airi's Divine Comedy It's a cover, right?deshow!!" and "What about Love Scheming"

An Suzuki An Suzuki Film & TV · Japan

Suzuki An (Japanese: Suzuki An/Suzukian, Romanized: Suzuki An, April 27, 1987 -), was born in Tokyo, Japan, a Japanese female voice actress and actor, and her maternal grandfather is American. He graduated from Tokyo Horikoshi High School in 2006 and was in the same class with Masami Nagasawa for three years in high school. In April 2006, he entered the Department of Modern Anthropology at Wako University. The foreign name is Anne, which is pronounced the same as apricot in English and Japanese. Her pet name is Kyoko (Anko).

Qian Jiale Qian Jiale Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chin Ka Lok (English: Chin Ka Lok, August 6, 1965 -), a Hong Kong actor, action coach and director, and a basic artist contract artist of TVB. He is the younger brother of martial arts actor Qian Xiaohao and an amateur racing driver in Hong Kong. Currently represents the Hong Kong Action Stuntmen Guild as a director on the board of directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards. In addition, Qian Jiale is left-handed. Currently he mainly works as an action director for movies.

Qian Xiaohao Qian Xiaohao Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chin Siu Ho (English: Chin Siu Ho, January 26, 1963 -), formerly known as Chin Ka Wah, was born in Hong Kong, a Hong Kong actor and martial arts instructor; he also works behind the scenes and in front of the screen. Director Zhang Zhiliang is his former manager.

Zhong Chuhong Zhong Chuhong Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Cherie Chung Chor Hung (English: Cherie Chung Chor Hung, February 16, 1960 -), nicknamed "Hong Gu", is a Hong Kong actress. In 1983, she was awarded the Most Popular Actress at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards, and later won the Best Actress Award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival twice in 1984 and 1987.

Chung Xintong Chung Xintong Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Gillian Chung Yan-Tung (English: Gillian Chung Yan-Tung, January 21, 1981 -), whose real name is Gillian Chung (English: Gillian Chung Ka-Lai), formerly known as Chung Dishan, formerly known as Chung Xintong, nicknamed Gillian, is a Hong Kong female singer, actress, and member of the girl group Twins. In 1999, she stayed in Macao and returned to Hong Kong to continue working as a part-time model. In 2000, she signed a contract with Emperor Entertainment and formed Twins with Charlene Choi. In 2001, she debuted in Hong Kong with the song "Caritas and Secret Love Tutoring Club". Chung Gintong was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actress in 2005 for the movie "The Revenge of the Princess". In 2011, she won the Huading Award for Best Actress for "The Legend of Nuwa". In 2017, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the 17th Chinese Film Media Awards for the movie "The Death of Romance".

Zhong Hanliang Zhong Hanliang Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Wallace Chung (English: Wallace Chung; November 30, 1974 -) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was once an artist under TVB. Since the 2000s, his work focus has shifted to mainland China, mainly filming mainland TV series. In 1995, he became famous in the music industry with the song "OREA" and was known as the "Little Sun". He has released twelve solo albums, including "OREA", "Love Quadratic" and "Visual Animals". From 1996 to 1997, he was awarded the top ten idols in Taiwan. From 2010 to 2011, he won the Best Male Singer Award for Stage Performance in the Chinese Song Chart. From 2011 to 2012, he held three "S-party" solo concerts. In 2012, he was nominated for the "Audience's Favorite Actor" at the 26th China TV Golden Eagle Award for "On Fire", becoming the first Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan actor to be nominated for this award in the history of the Golden Eagle. He also won the "Audience's Favorite Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Actor Award" at the 2012 Golden Eagle TV Arts Festival. In 2014, he was nominated for this award again with "The End of the World". In 2015, his masterpiece "October Siege" was shortlisted for the 30th China TV Feitian Award, becoming the only Hong Kong and Taiwan actor to be nominated for the Feitian Award for a starring work in recent years. In 2015, South Korea purchased the TV series "Why Are the Musical Instruments Silent" with over 10 billion views? As the male protagonist, Chung Han-liang successfully captured audiences from different walks of life and won the Asian Star Award at the Seoul International Television Festival. On November 25, 2015, it was announced that he would be the first director to direct the large-scale youth film project "Hourglass" of Enlight Media. On December 31, he released his new album "Music for Life". The movies starring in "Three's Company", "Shocking" and "The Bounty Hunter" were all released in 2016. On February 20, 2016, the "2016 Chung Han-liang Sing for Life Tour Concert" kicked off at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. On June 18 of the same year, he won the "Most Media Attention Actor" award at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival Film Channel Media Attention Unit for "Three's Company" directed by Johnnie To.

Masami Nagasawa Masami Nagasawa Film & TV · Japan

Masami Nagasawa (Japanese: Masami Nagasawa / Nagasawa Masami, Romanization: Nagasawa Masami, June 3, 1987-) is a Japanese female performer, model, and native of Iwata City, Seioka Prefecture.

Guanhai Mountain Guanhai Mountain Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Herman Kwan Hoi-San was a Hong Kong actor. His English name was Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (new voice theater troupe). He also started singing for early Hong Kong film soundtracks and moved on to act in films, mostly adaption of opera in Cantonese. He became famous and acted in many lead roles. When Hong Kong films started to move towards Mandarin, Kwan's career faltered and joined TVB and acted in various roles. Directors and filmmakers rediscovered his talent and cast him in many supporting roles in films. In 2001, Kwan suffered a stroke and was left mute and paralysed. He died in 2006.

Guan Shuyi Guan Shuyi Film & TV · British Hong Kong

Shirley Kwan Suk Yee (English: Shirley Kwan Suk Yee; August 15, 1966 -), Hong Kong female singer. In his early years, he went to Japan to participate in a singing competition. After winning the championship, he made his debut in the music circles of Hong Kong and Japan at the same time. He became an instant hit with his original Cantonese song "A Rare Lover". The style of the song gradually evolved from the initial commercial pop to alternative psychedelic songs. With her unique breathy singing and articulation method, she became an avant-garde indicator of the Hong Kong music scene in the 1990s. Her 1995 cover album "EX All Time Favorites" further established her position in the Hong Kong music scene. Unfortunately, due to his bad relationship with the entertainment media, negative news emerged, coupled with his "artist personality" and unwillingness to compromise, which hindered his development in the music industry. He retired from the music scene twice and then came back. In April 2020, he announced his retirement from the music scene.

Guan Ying Guan Ying Film & TV · Republic of China

Chen Pinying (July 2, 1976 -), stage name Guan Ying (English: Terri Kwan), is a Taiwanese actress, female singer, and model. Guan Ying rose to prominence through advertising performances and participated in performances in many TV idol dramas. Her film work "Go Left, Go Right" was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress at the 40th Golden Horse Awards. Guan Ying said that she was signed as a singer by a record company when she first debuted, but she never released a record. She only had the opportunity to release a record 8 years after her debut, so she jokingly said that the preparation of her first album "The Unlockable Secret" took 8 years.

Guan Yonghe Guan Yonghe Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Esther Kwan Wing Ho (English: Esther Kwan Wing Ho, July 16, 1964 -), Hong Kong actress, native of Nanhai, Guangdong. She made her debut on Asia Television in the 1980s. By the 1990s, she was the leading actress of Hong Kong's two local free-to-air TV stations. She was also the first sister to stay on the front line from ATV to TVB. She was the most successful anomaly in ATV's transition. Moreover, she also won the first TV Queen Award at the Thousand Stars Awards Ceremony for her drama "Miao Cuihua" and was hailed as the "One Sister of TVB in the late 1990s".

Guan Jinpeng Guan Jinpeng Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Stanley Kwan (English: Stanley Kwan, born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is famous for his films that touch women. His masterpiece "Rouge" won the Best Film and Best Director at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989. In 2001, he directed "Lan Yu" and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director.

Yan Eucalyptus Yan Eucalyptus Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yan Gu (Korean: Yan'an, Japanese: Yenan, October 25, 1996 -) is a Chinese male singer who developed in South Korea. He is the chorus and frontman of the boy group PENTAGON under Cube Entertainment. In 2024, he played the role of Li Lun in the hit drama Dameng Guili.

K Kan Weiping Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Kan Weiping (?—), male, from Chengde, Hebei Province, Chinese director. His representative works include the TV series "The Last Village", "Into the Bali Fort", "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty", etc.

Ashley Tisdale Ashley Tisdale Film & TV · United States

Ashley Tisdale (English: Ashley Tisdale, July 2, 1985 -) was born in New Jersey, United States. She is an actress, singer and model, but she focuses more on her acting career. Representative works include Disney Channel's "The Life of Cha and Cody" and the "High School Musical" series. She started her acting career as early as 1997. On February 6, 2007, she also released her solo album "Headstrong", with the title songs Be Good to Me and He Said She Said. Among them, she participated in writing lyrics and handed over the inspiration for writing songs. In 2021, she also voiced and motion captured the CIA agent Rachel King in the video game "The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Underworld".

Ashley Olson Ashley Olson Film & TV · United States

Ashley Fuller Olsen (English: Ashley Fuller Olsen, June 13, 1986 -) is a well-known American young actress. She, Mary-Kate Olsen and Elizabeth Olsen are known as the "Olsen sisters".

Alain Delon Alain Delon Film & TV · France

Alain Delon (French: Alain Delon; November 8, 1935 - August 18, 2024), French actor and film producer, screenwriter, singer and businessman. Delenn has appeared in "The Weak Woman" (1959), "The Sun Shines" (1960), "The Rocco Brothers" (1960), "The Shy Flower in the Sea of Desire" (1962), "The Mountain and the River" (1963), "The Alone" "The Killer" (1967), "Love You, Miss You, Hate You" (1968), "Sunshine" (1969), "Benevolence" (1970), "Grand Dawn" (1972), "Zorro the Movie" (1975 French-Italian co-production) and "Mr. Klein" (1976) and other films. Over the course of his career, Deren has worked with a number of directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Loup Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Maloux. In addition, he also collaborated as a singer with Delida on the classic hit duet song "Paroles, paroles" (1973). In 1999, Delenn obtained Swiss citizenship. Delenn has won awards at multiple film festivals. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film "The Story of Us" (1984). In 1991, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor and received the Honorary Golden Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. In addition, Delenn won the Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Film & TV · U.K.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE, was a British film director and producer known for his unique style and technique. He was good at using tense plots, excellent photography, clever editing and fascinating character development to attract audiences. He was known in the Chinese community as the "Master of Tension". In the 1920s and 1930s, Hitchcock shot a large number of silent and sound films in the United Kingdom. After that, he went to Hollywood in the United States and made many films in the United States. He became an American citizen in 1956, while retaining his British citizenship.

Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Film & TV · Italy

Alberto Sordi (Italian: Alberto Sordi, June 15, 1920 - February 24, 2003) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter, and singer. Sordi's acting career spanned more than sixty years. He began acting in films in the late 1930s and gradually rose to fame in the 1950s, starring in Italian comedy films. Soldi was a prolific actor, appearing in approximately 160 films during his lifetime. In addition, he also participated in film dubbing work and began directing films in 1966. Sordi is one of the most important actors in Italian cinema, especially in Italian comedy films. He is as famous as Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassmann, Ugo Toniazzi and Marcello Mastroianni. In addition, he, Aldo Fabrizzi and Anna Magnani are among the film representatives of Rome. Sordi has won 7 Italian Film Awards (David Awards) for Best Actor, making him the actor with the most awards. In 1963, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Devils." In 1972, he won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival for "Uncensored". In 1995, he won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Film & TV · Iran

Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی, English: Abbas Kiarostami, June 22, 1940 - July 4, 2016), born in Tehran, is one of the most influential and controversial film directors, screenwriters and producers in Iran after the revolution. He is also one of the most famous Iranian directors internationally in the past 20 years. During the 1980s and 1990s, when the international community held a negative view of Iran, his films showed a compassionate and artistic side of Iran. Although Abbas Kiarostami made several award-winning films in the 1970s, his fame on the world cinema stage came after the Iranian Revolution. His masterpiece "Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)" became famous in France, and the international film community began to pay attention to Abbas Kiarostami's work. 1991's "Zendegi va digar hich" (Zendegi va digar hich) won him the following year's Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Regard won his first major Rossellini Award, 20 years after his first breakthrough film Gozaresh (1977), he finally won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Ta'm e Guilass (1997).

Adrian Lester Adrian Lester Film & TV · U.K.

Adrian Lester, CBE (English: Adrian Lester, August 14, 1968 -), is a British actor.